he Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association (MLA) will be held May 21-26, 2004 in Washington, DC, at the Hilton Washington. Attendees are invited to visit the NLM exhibit booth (May 22-25) to meet NLM staff and see NLM's Web products. The NLM Theater at the booth will feature demonstrations and tutorials on a wide variety of topics. Please see the NLM Theater schedule.

CE Classes
While at the meeting in Washington, consider taking an MLA continuing education class taught by NLM or NN/LM staff. For example:

Friday, May 21 (6-hour course 10:00 AM–5:00 PM)

Unified Medical Language System^® (UMLS^®) Basics

Class #421

Location: Lincoln East

Saturday, May 22 (full day course 8:00 AM–5:00 PM)

Measuring the Difference: Strategies for Planning and Evaluating Health Information Outreach Programs

Class #751

Location: Jackson

Further course details are available at [Note: This link was removed because it is no longer relevant.], or contact MLA at 312-419-9094.

Mark your MLA calendars
Friends of the NLM Reception at the National Library of Medicine Sunday, May 23, 5:30–8:00 PM Light refreshments. Ticketed event.
The Friends and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) invite you to discover the many ways that women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine. The individuals featured in the new exhibition at NLM, Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians, provides an intriguing glimpse of the broader community of women doctors who are making a difference. The NLM is pleased to present this exhibition honoring the lives and accomplishments of these women in the hope of inspiring a new generation of medical pioneers.

A limited number of free tickets have been made available for this reception. Bus transportation will be provided. Further details and ticket information are available at [Note: This link was removed because it is no longer relevant.].
RSVP to: hajarian@nlm.nih.gov. Tickets reserved in advance will be available at the MLA registration desk. If you do not reserve your free ticket in advance, there may be some available at the NLM exhibit booth.

NLM Online Users' Meeting "Sunrise Seminar"
Monday, May 24, 7:00–8:15 AM
International Ballroom East
NLM staff will highlight recent accomplishments and indicate new developments in a variety of online systems, including MEDLINE^®/PubMed^®, MedlinePlus^®, and DOCLINE^®.

NLM Update
Tuesday, May 25, 1:00–2:00 PM
International Ballroom Center
Speakers:
Kent Smith, Deputy Director
Marj Cahn, Head, National Information Center on Health Services
    Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)
Betsy Humphreys, Associate Director for Library Operations

The NLM Update will be made available for viewing via the NIH Videocasting Web site a few days after the MLA Annual Meeting concludes.

NLM Tours
Join an in-depth tour of NLM and the exhibition, "Changing the Face of Medicine," Wednesday, May 26. An NLM tour guide will accompany you for the 1:30–2:30 PM tour. See [Note: This link was removed because it is no longer relevant.] for more details and to register for the tour.

Public tours of NLM are available Monday-Friday at 1:30 PM Two additional public tours will be available during the conference on Monday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m. Tours of the Library originate in the NLM Visitors Center (Room 127, Building 38A). The Lister Hill Center (Building 38A) is just off Center Drive (which intersects with Rockville Pike) on the NIH campus. The Lister Hill Center is approximately 300 yards from the Medical Center stop on the Metro Red Line. For further directions, see http://www.nlm.nih.gov/psd/ref/guide/rrdirect.html.

MLA Sharing Roundtables
MLA Chapter Council-sponsored Sharing Roundtables
Sunday, May 23, Noon–2:00 PM Ticketed event.
The following roundtable is focused specifically on NLM programs:

PubMed LinkOut Program Sharing Roundtable

Further details and ticket information are available at [Note: This link was removed because it is no longer relevant.], or contact MLA at 312-419-9094.

Informal Meetings
MedlinePlus Go Local Informational Meeting
Monday, May 24, 5:00–6:30 PM
Location: Georgetown West

PubMed LinkOut User Meeting
Monday, May 24, 5:00–6:30 PM
Location: Military Room

Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS) Users Meeting
Wednesday, May 26, 7:30–9:00 AM
Location: Military Room

Hospital Internet Access Task Force to hold Open Forum
Monday, May 24, 2:30–3:30 PM
Location: Georgetown East

The Hospital Internet Access Task Force of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine was formed in May 2003 to identify common IT barriers in hospital libraries and to recommend practical solutions to address these barriers. An Open Forum will be held from 2:30–3:30 PM on Monday, May 24, to provide an opportunity for the Task Force to share their progress to date and to seek input from hospital librarians about additional solutions and strategies, as well as suggestions for how to disseminate this information.

Section-Sponsored Programming
NLM staff will also be participating in the following MLA sessions:

Sunday, May 23, 2:00–3:30 PM
National Program Committee Sponsored Session
Location: Thoroughbred Room
Speaker: James Marcetich, Index Section, NLM
Topic: Indexing Consistency in MEDLINE

Sunday, May 23, 2:00–3:30 PM
History of the Health Sciences Section session on The Power of Leadership
Location: Georgetown West
Speaker: Stephen Greenberg, History of Medicine Division, NLM
Topic: The Militant Angel: Annie Goodrich and Army Nursing

Sunday, May 23, 2:00–3:30 PM
Public Health/Health Administration Section session on Mining Data for Knowledge Generation: Collecting, Using and Promoting Data Sets
Location: Monroe West
Speaker: Vivian Auld, National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR), NLM
Topic: The Future of Public Health Vocabulary and Public Health Data Standards

Sunday, May 23, 4:00–5:30 PM
Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) Business Meeting
Location: Lincoln West
Speaker: Naomi Miller, Public Services Division, NLM
Topic: NLM Consumer Health Information Update

Monday, May 24, 3:30–5:00 PM
Chiropractic Libraries Section session on Eco-Power: Taking Back the Environment
Location: Hemisphere Room
Speaker: Gale Dutcher, Office of Outreach and Special Populations, Division of Specialized Information Services, NLM
Topic: Power to the People: Health Information and Environmental Justice

Monday, May 24, 3:30–5:00 PM
Technical Services Section session on Lighting the Path: Digital Repositories in the Real World
Location: Thoroughbred Room
Speaker: Diane Boehr, Technical Services Division, NLM
Topic: Digital archives at the National Library of Medicine

Tuesday, May 25, 2:30–4:00 PM
Medical Informatics Section session On Sharing the Power (Part 2): Bioinformatics Education and the Library
Location: Jefferson East
Speaker: Renata Geer, National Center for Biotechnology Information, NLM
Topic: Building a national bioinformatics education program for library staff: design, results, and the future

Join Us
Please join us at these events! Additional information or changes to this information will be announced in the NLM Technical Bulletin.

2004 MLA Meeting Reminder and NLM Invitation. NLM Tech Bull. 2004 Mar-Apr;(337):e7.